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Sep 28

The Mark of a Failed Society: Closed Plenary Adoption

Measure of a Civilization

black and white photo of file drawer pulled open, full of files

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Aug 9

Assembly Line of the Forgotten: Forced Adoption’s Icy Processes

Label Before the Name

chaotic pile of small pink plastic baby figures

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Jul 22

The Missing Missing Reasons of Closed Adoption

Words Never Heard

picture frame with missing art, hanging with wire on a grey wall

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Jul 17

Women Helped Build the Cage: Systemic Roots of Closed Adoption

Architects of Erasure

tree roots wrecking/breaking the brick path that surrounds it

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Jul 10

The Epistemic Violence of Closed Adoption

Definition That Fits

hands clasping a wire fence, caged in

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Jun 28

Dark Psychology and the Closed Adoption System

Manipulation by Design

dark black-and-white image of a child in large mirrored sunglasses

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Jun 3

Dispossessed Twice: Colonial Roots of Closed Adoption

Same Blueprint

Dispossessed Twice: Colonial Roots of Closed Adoption

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May 31

Two Adoptions: One That Severed, One That Wove

Colonial Model

desert path in mountains, sand, grass, rocks, trees

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May 23

The Liar’s Dividend: How Closed Adoption Profits from Confusion

Worse Than Pinocchio

yellow fiddleneck wildflowers in a desert field

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May 8

1970s Adopted Kids: The Silent Army That Never Met

Born in the Sixties, Silent in the Seventies

school/class photo from the 1970s showing neck-down lineup of a few students wearing 70s-style attire